US 2011/0030929 A1 · SELF-POWERED HEAT EXCHANGER

Abstract

A heat transferring apparatus may employ a heat exchanger with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and be coupled to a power exchange unit, which employs a driving fan fluid inlet, a series of inner fan blades to receive the fluid from the driving fan fluid inlet, and a rotable driving fan unit. The inner fan blades are attached to the rotable driving fan unit along with driving magnets. A rotatable driven fan unit has numerous outer fan blades and a series of imbedded driven magnets. The fluid drives the inner fan blades and flows into the heat exchanger. The outer fan blades force air through the heat exchanger and cools the fluid. A power transfer wall located between the inner magnets and the outer magnets transfers magnetic fields from the inner magnets to the outer magnets to impart rotation in the driven fan unit and outer fan blades.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for transferring heat comprising:

a heat exchanger that contains a fluid;
a power exchange unit comprising a driving fan unit and a driven fan unit, the driving fan unit further comprising:
a plurality of inner fan blades angled for rotation upon being struck by the fluid;
and
a plurality of inner driving members;
the driven fan unit further comprising:
a plurality of outer fan blades angled for rotation to cause airflow through the heat exchanger;
and
a plurality of outer opposing members;
a cylindrical power transfer wall that prevents the fluid striking the plurality of inner fan blades from flowing outside of the cylindrical power transfer wall,
wherein magnetic force from one of the plurality of inner driving members or the plurality of outer opposing members, imparts rotation in the plurality of outer opposing members.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Self-powered heat exchanger

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Self-powered heat exchanger

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